"Mr. Gibson, will you William? Don't you think Wallace, a recognized traitor to Britain, is portrayed as a hero? ”

Just walked out of the premiere theater, Mel? Gibson was surrounded by dozens of reporters, who seemed to be waiting for him, and the questions were carefully prepared.

"Did you like a traitor and an informer in the first place?"

"Mr. Director, should you check the historical information before making the film, and the film should conform to the minimum historical records, right?"

Mel, who has an unruly personality? Gibson widened his eyes, looked at the reporter who asked the question, and replied coldly, "History is written by the victors......

Before he finished speaking, he was pulled by the public relations who followed, and this kind of talk should not appear in public.

The reporter next to him became even more excited, and a reporter with a "Sun" sign asked loudly, "Mel, so you think that the recorded history of Britain is all false?" Do you think Scotland should be independent? Don't you think such blatant interference in the internal affairs of Britain is excessive? ”

"If, as you say, history is written by the victors, then there is no recorded history in the United States and Great Britain? World War II also does not exist zài? ”

The reporter seized the opportunity to chase and fight, all kinds of big hats that don't want money, desperately to Mel? Gibson's head was thrown at him, and he almost said that he himself was a traitor and an informer.

Mel? Gibson kept his mouth shut tightly and said nothing to respond to these sensitive questions, until the car drove up and got into it, and he was relieved.

"Most of those reporters were from Warner, Disney and News Corp., and some were from Fleet Street."

After closing the car door, the PR reminded him, "Mel, the subject matter of the film itself is a bit sensitive. Although your intention is to gain attention through controversy, you cannot respond to sensitive issues like the one you just asked. ”

After so many years of hard work in Hollywood, Mel calmed down? Gibson still understands these truths, and those reporters obviously want to take him into the ditch, and this kind of public opinion trap sometimes has to be careful.

Damn bastards!

His eyes peeked through the window glass. Looking in the direction of Hollywood, what happened just now must be inseparable from another crew.

"Kiel, did you get feedback on the premiere of 'Saving Private Ryan'?" Mel? Gibson asked the co-pilot assistant, "What's the reaction?" ”

"During the screening, the audience gave two standing ovations."

The assistant can see Mel through the rearview mirror? Gibson's face was not very good, "and the applause was relatively long." ”

"It doesn't mean anything!"

As an insider, Mel? Gibson was well aware of the need to find some toggles in the audience. Using the special scenes of the film to drive the audience to applaud and even applaud is something that most crews will do, such as his own film, when William? When Wallace shouted 'freedom', it was the Toths who were getting the audience to applaud.

Although this kind of shouting will inevitably please the old men of the academy, in fact, the impact on the audience is just that.

"Anything else?" He asked again.

"After the screening of 'Saving Private Ryan,' the applause lasted more than ten minutes." The assistant no longer looks at Mel? Gibson's face was telling the real story. so that the employer can make the judgment of preparation, "Duke? Rosenberg and Tom? Hanks led the crew to four consecutive curtain calls. The audience refused to leave! ”

“what？”

Mel? Gibson's face became extremely stern, such a long applause, such a long curtain call, it is definitely not something that Tuo can bring, there is only one possibility, the film has aroused strong emotional resonance among the vast majority of ordinary audiences!

Could it be that film? Better than they wanted, and more lethal?

Back in his mansion, while lying in bed, Mel? Gibson was still thinking about it, and in distant Chicago. Roger who just walked out of the theater? Albert and Jean? Siskel has already confirmed this.

They have all participated in the test screening of "Braveheart", so they directly chose "Saving Private Ryan" at midnight, and after watching it, the two of them were tense and walked into the hall of the theater in silence.

"Is this still Duke? Rosenberg's works? Siskel couldn't help but speak first, "No flying cars, no exaggerated explosions, no sharp camera cuts...... It doesn't look at all like the style of his first three films. ”

"But it's really his work!" Roger? Albert blinked his eyes, as if he was still recalling the content of the film, "You should have seen it, Jean, there are a lot of explosions in the film, in fact, some of them are completely unnecessary, and the director who can cram so many unnecessary explosions into the movie, except for Duke?" Rosenberg, who else will there be? ”

"Michael? Bey! ”

It seems to be trying to lighten the mood with a joke, "Didn't someone say that the director of "Jedi Men", which was screened last month, studied Duke? Rosenberg? ”

"Or the movie," Roger? Albert nodded to the fans who occasionally waved to him, and said softly, "He did grow, and we all laughed at him, and the result?" ”

"Duke? Rosenberg did not shy away from the bloody violence of war, nor did he depict it from a strategic height, he only grasped the most direct executor of war -- to reflect the war from the perspective of ordinary soldiers, and to use the simplest and most simple methods to truly show all aspects of the battlefield. ”

Because it's just a private conversation between the two, Jean? Siskel does not hide his true opinion, "There has never been a film that depicts the cruelty of war so directly, with bullets, blood, and wailing, and the authenticity of the picture makes people dare not look at it directly." ”

Nodding his head and echoing his old friend's words, Roger? Albert said, "The film's reflection on war is also greatly sublimated in the cruelty, and the so-called justice and injustice are so fragile in the face of death." Duke? Rosenberg also made a profound exploration of human nature, the soldiers in the war, or heroic, or courageous, or cowardly, or retreating, human nature is exposed, and the deep thinking and shock brought by the movie are worth revisiting again and again. ”

"Roger, what should we say?" Jean? Siskel was unwilling, "The film is ...... to criticize"

"Don't lash out, that's just going to get us in trouble." Roger? Albert shook his head. "Don't forget, this year is the 50th anniversary of the victory in World War II, and there are a series of commemorative activities around the world, including in North America, and the political and value orientation of the film is so correct that we will only gain more than we lose when we criticize it."

He looked at Siskell, "Ignore it." Neither praise nor criticize, as if this film never existed! ”

"That's all it can be."

Walking out of the theater and getting into the same car, Siskell changed the subject, "Mel? Gibson is in big trouble during awards season. ”

They participated in the test screening of "Braveheart" and also worked with Mel? Gibson himself has spoken to him and knows that the ambitious Australian's goal is not only the summer market, but also the awards for next year's awards season.

"In my opinion......"

Although the eyes flashed with anger towards a certain director. Roger? Albert's words were still quite calm, "What if Duke? Rosenberg is ten years older, and with this special time period and the special theme of the film, as well as the advantages of his own blood and ethnicity, next year's Oscar for Best Director is bound to be in his pocket. ”

"It's a pity......" his voice turned dark, "we can be silent now, but awards season won't be silent!" ”

"Snipe him with all your might?"

Hear Siskel's words, Roger? Albert nodded slowly but firmly.

Black cars drive through the streets of Chicago. Drove to the suburbs, passing an independent cinema line on the way. The theater is still brightly lit, and the popularity of the midnight show has not dissipated in the slightest.

Criswell is the owner of the theater chain, and since it is an independent theater, he often has to put more effort into running it, especially on weekends when there are big productions, and he often sticks to it until the early hours of the morning.

Today is no exception. Even if "Saving Private Ryan" ended, he didn't mean to leave, but let the staff randomly understand the feelings of the audience watching the two newly released films.

This is a very helpless thing, an independent cinema chain like him is naturally impossible to hire a special investigation company. If you want to adjust the appropriate scheduling rate the next day, you can only figure it out by yourself.

He himself stood at the exit of the theater and listened to the audience's reaction.

"With a great story, great actors, and perfect visuals and sounds, "Saving Private Ryan" is simply the best war movie!"

The first to walk out were the audience of "Saving Private Ryan", many of whom were tired, their eyes were red, and they seemed to have cried......

"I ...... Duke? Rosenberg, his film is so aphrodisiac that he made me cry! ”

"I also want to scold him, he made such a war movie, let's go to watch other war movies in the future!"

"And Tom? Hanks, the look in Captain Miller's eyes when he died still hurts my heart now! ”

There is also an older fan, not as impulsive as young people, who seems unusually calm, "In the past, there were always films that claimed to be a strong combination, but after the release, they only brought disappointment, Duke? Rosenberg and Tom? What Hanks brings this time is a real combination! ”

Listening to the real reactions of the fans on the side, Chris Well kept nodding, Duke? Rosenberg is really a guarantee of income for the summer file!

After a few minutes, "Braveheart" also ended.

"The film is okay, but it's a film about the Scots, and it has nothing to do with us in the United States."

Some fans shook their heads and walked away directly, and some fans said, "Mel's performance is shocking, but the director's skills feel average, and the plot is too slow and too procrastinating." ”

Finally, a male viewer in his thirties said, "The way the film is sensationalistic is too rough, we all know the importance of freedom, but there is no need to shout it in that way, the shouting of freedom is too false, it makes me want to vomit when I watch it, in this land, I think the monkeys in the zoo are better than William?" Wallace's exaggerated shout of freedom is more real and free! ”

Back in his office, Criswell immediately called the manager of the sales department in, "For next year's daytime screening, the screening rate of "Braveheart" will be 10 percentage points lower than the original plan, and "Saving Private Ryan" will be increased by 10 percentage points!" (To be continued......)